goose Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Special mention for Kumble for the way he handled Sydney 2008 and winning at Perth. philcric and The Dark Horse 2 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 In ODI’s its Dhoni till 2011. Captain’s role is not only to captain but also to lead from the front and score runs or take wickets for your team and Dhoni did that pretty well. He was averaging crazy in ODI’s and apart from Kohli he was our wall in the odi cricket which was hard to break, that with the captaincy burden, I would say takes him to number 1 Indian ODI captain till date. Test Matches - Kohli and Dravid for me. I wanted to see more of Dravid but whole 2007 world cup debacle made him a scapegoat I feel. He could have been excellent long term test captain and probably could have lead India for another 2-3 years in tests. Eventually Kohli will be our best ever test captain now, without any doubt. He is the one you need if you want to win away from home. manu4411, Cricketics, SK_IH and 3 others 2 3 1 Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 for me it has to be Kapil Dev.He is the best He had it all in at least a few quantities - leading from the front,man management skills,tactics etc etc. And he belonged to a very amateurish set up which was reflected in the team being very weak especially bowling wise.He didn't have much control in selection matters either, means he had to be satisfied with the team provided to him more often than not. And those were the times with very less technology and media coverage in which the general affairs w.r.t running the game was not at all transparent to the game loving public. It was against this set up that he achieved some great results like 83 world cup, ENG 86 series win, 86 drawn series in AUS(only bad luck denied him in being the first captain to win a series in AUS) & a 0-2 respectable defeat in WI(where he emphatically lead from the front with perhaps the best all round performance in a series of all time). diga 1 Link to comment
diga Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, rtmohanlal said: for me it has to be Kapil Dev.He is the best He had it all in at least a few quantities - leading from the front,man management skills,tactics etc etc. And he belonged to a very amateurish set up which was reflected in the team being very weak especially bowling wise.He didn't have much control in selection matters either, means he had to be satisfied with the team provided to him more often than not. And those were the times with very less technology and media coverage in which the general affairs w.r.t running the game was not at all transparent to the game loving public. It was against this set up that he achieved some great results like 83 world cup, ENG 86 series win, 86 drawn series in AUS(only bad luck denied him in being the first captain to win a series in AUS) & a 0-2 respectable defeat in WI(where he emphatically lead from the front with perhaps the best all round performance in a series of all time). Agree... Kapil Dev was advanced for his time. A simpleton achieved much more than envisaged by the fans Only blemish on Kapil was his inability to groom pacers Link to comment
putrevus Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Kohli is the best captain handsdown. He has elevated his game to new heights after becoming captain.Kapil Dev the captain was harmful for Kapil Dev the bowler as he became lazy when conditions went flat. Laaloo 1 Link to comment
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